The hydrosilylation reaction enables the production of silicon polymers. Platinum-carbene complexes are reported that catalyze the hydrosilylation reaction of alkenes with remarkable efficiency and exquisite selectivity and avoid the formation of platinum colloids. By-products, typically encountered with previous catalytic systems, are suppressed with these platinum derivatives.
Marko, I., Stérin, S., Buisine, O., Mignani, G., Branlard, P., Tinant, B., & Declercq, J.-P. (2002). Selective and efficient platinum(0)-carbene complexes as hydrosilylation catalysts. Science (New York, N.Y.), 298(5591), 204-206. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1073338 (Original work published 2002)